Staying home with the flu can be hard for workers, but it's better for you and others. Rachel Figueroa-Levin, 26, doesn't work outside her New York home and yet she's worried that the nasty flu circulating in the city's workplaces is going to make it [...]

Congress is likely to remain in session until Christmas Eve -- wrangling over the looming sequester and expiration of the Bush tax cuts. The country doesn't have enough money, or doesn't spend it right, or the rich have too much of it, or the middle [...]

In the Wall Street Journal last week, Josh Mitchell reported that "Women account for a third of the nation's lawyers and doctors, a major shift from a generation ago." The report was triggered by a new analysis of occupations from the Census Bureau, which showed [...]

The new right-to-work laws in Michigan , already one of the worst states for gender pay equity, may represent a step backward when it comes to narrowing the gender pay gap in the state, data show. Right-to-work laws, signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday, [...]

Forget the "mancession" or the "he-covery." Men suffered the biggest job losses in the financial crisis, and also gained the most post-recession jobs. But now, men and women have equal footing in the recovery. As of November, both genders have gained back half the jobs [...]

Forget the "mancession" or the "he-covery." Men suffered the biggest job losses in the financial crisis, and also gained the most post-recession jobs. But now, men and women have equal footing in the recovery. As of November, both genders have gained back half the jobs [...]